Person1029–1072
Alp Arslan
Nephew of Tughril and second sultan of the Seljuk Empire (1063–1072). He took Ani (1064), defeated and captured Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes at Manzikert (1071) and had Nizam al-Mulk as his vizier; he was stabbed by a captive fortress commander during a campaign in Transoxiana and died of the wound in 1072.
- Dates
- between 1029 and 1030 – between November 1072 and January 1073
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt, Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (11th–12th c.), Balkans and Anatolia (11th–12th c.)
Events
- The Nizamiyya madrasa opens in BaghdadSeptember 1067 · Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Manzikert26 August 1071 · Balkans and Anatolia